Jerubba'al (11 Occurrences)... Judges 9:1 Now Abim'elech the son of Jerubba'al went to Shechem to his mother's kinsmen and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family, (DBY RSV .../j/jerubba'al.htm - 9k

Ga'al (8 Occurrences)... Judges 9:31 And he sent messengers to Abim'elech at Aru'mah, saying, "Behold, Ga'al the son of Ebed and his kinsmen have come to Shechem, and they are stirring .../g/ga'al.htm - 8k

Citizens (28 Occurrences)... Judges 9:6 And all the citizens of Shechem came together, and all Beth-millo, and they went and made Abim'elech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem. .../c/citizens.htm - 15k

Kinsmen (74 Occurrences)... Judges 9:1 Now Abim'elech the son of Jerubba'al went to Shechem to his mother's kinsmen and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family, (DBY RSV .../k/kinsmen.htm - 28k

Bundle (8 Occurrences)... Judges 9:48 And Abim'elech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the men that were with him; and Abim'elech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bundle of .../b/bundle.htm - 10k

Brushwood (9 Occurrences)... Judges 9:48 And Abim'elech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the men that were with him; and Abim'elech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bundle of .../b/brushwood.htm - 9k

Aru'mah (2 Occurrences)... Judges 9:31 And he sent messengers to Abim'elech at Aru'mah, saying, "Behold, Ga'al the son of Ebed and his kinsmen have come to Shechem, and they are stirring .../a/aru'mah.htm - 6k

Acted (98 Occurrences)... Judges 9:16 "Now therefore, if you acted in good faith and honor when you madeAbim'elech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubba'al and his house, and .../a/acted.htm - 37k

Bible Concordance

Abim'elech (58 Occurrences)

Genesis 20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: 'She is my sister.' And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.(See RSV)

Genesis 20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him: 'Behold, thou shalt die, because of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.'(See RSV)

Genesis 20:4 Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said: 'Lord, wilt Thou slay even a righteous nation?(See RSV)

Genesis 20:8 And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears; and the men were sore afraid.(See RSV)

Genesis 20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him: 'What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.'(See RSV)

Genesis 21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.(See RSV)

Genesis 21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What mean these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set by themselves?' (See RSV)

Genesis 21:32 So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba; and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.(See RSV)

Genesis 26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.(See RSV)

Genesis 26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.(See RSV)

Genesis 26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said: 'Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst thou: She is my sister?' And Isaac said unto him: 'Because I said: Lest I die because of her.'(See RSV)

Genesis 26:10 And Abimelech said: 'What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.'(See RSV)

Genesis 26:11 And Abimelech charged all the people, saying: 'He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.'(See RSV)

Genesis 26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac: 'Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.' (See RSV)

Genesis 26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host.(See RSV)

Judges 8:31 And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abim'elech.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:1 Now Abim'elech the son of Jerubba'al went to Shechem to his mother's kinsmen and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family,(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:3 And his mother's kinsmen spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the men of Shechem; and their hearts inclined to follow Abim'elech, for they said, "He is our brother."(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:4 And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Ba'al-be'rith with which Abim'elech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:6 And all the citizens of Shechem came together, and all Beth-millo, and they went and made Abim'elech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:16 "Now therefore, if you acted in good faith and honor when you made Abim'elech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubba'al and his house, and have done to him as his deeds deserved--(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:18 and you have risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made Abim'elech, the son of his maidservant, king over the citizens of Shechem, because he is your kinsman--(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:19 if you then have acted in good faith and honor with Jerubba'al and with his house this day, then rejoice in Abim'elech, and let him also rejoice in you;(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:20 but if not, let fire come out from Abim'elech, and devour the citizens of Shechem, and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the citizens of Shechem, and from Beth-millo, and devour Abim'elech."(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:21 And Jotham ran away and fled, and went to Beer and dwelt there, for fear of Abim'elech his brother.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:23 And God sent an evil spirit between Abim'elech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abim'elech; (DBY RSV)

Judges 9:24 that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubba'al might come and their blood be laid upon Abim'elech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brothers.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:25 And the men of Shechem put men in ambush against him on the mountain tops, and they robbed all who passed by them along that way; and it was told Abim'elech.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:27 And they went out into the field, and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and reviled Abim'elech.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:29 Would that this people were under my hand! then I would remove Abim'elech. I would say to Abim'elech, 'Increase your army, and come out.'"(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:31 And he sent messengers to Abim'elech at Aru'mah, saying, "Behold, Ga'al the son of Ebed and his kinsmen have come to Shechem, and they are stirring up the city against you.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:34 And Abim'elech and all the men that were with him rose up by night, and laid wait against Shechem in four companies.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:35 And Ga'al the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city; and Abim'elech and the men that were with him rose from the ambush. (DBY RSV)

Judges 9:38 Then Zebul said to him, "Where is your mouth now, you who said, 'Who is Abim'elech, that we should serve him?' Are not these the men whom you despised? Go out now and fight with them."(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:39 And Ga'al went out at the head of the men of Shechem, and fought with Abim'elech.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:40 And Abim'elech chased him, and he fled before him; and many fell wounded, up to the entrance of the gate.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:41 And Abim'elech dwelt at Aru'mah; and Zebul drove out Ga'al and his kinsmen, so that they could not live on at Shechem.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:42 On the following day the men went out into the fields. And Abim'elech was told. (DBY RSV)

Judges 9:44Abim'elech and the company that was with him rushed forward and stood at the entrance of the gate of the city, while the two companies rushed upon all who were in the fields and slew them.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:45 And Abim'elech fought against the city all that day; he took the city, and killed the people that were in it; and he razed the city and sowed it with salt.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:47Abim'elech was told that all the people of the Tower of Shechem were gathered together. (DBY RSV)

Judges 9:48 And Abim'elech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the men that were with him; and Abim'elech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bundle of brushwood, and took it up and laid it on his shoulder. And he said to the men that were with him, "What you have seen me do, make haste to do, as I have done."(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:49 So every one of the people cut down his bundle and following Abim'elech put it against the stronghold, and they set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the Tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:50 Then Abim'elech went to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:52 And Abim'elech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abim'elech was dead, they departed every man to his home.(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:56 Thus God requited the crime of Abim'elech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers;(DBY RSV)

Judges 10:1 After Abim'elech there arose to deliver Israel Tola the son of Pu'ah, son of Dodo, a man of Is'sachar; and he lived at Shamir in the hill country of E'phraim.(DBY RSV)

2 Samuel 11:21 who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall, that he died at Thebez? why went ye so nigh the wall? then shalt thou say: Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'(See RSV)